Spain v Portugal: Women's Euro 2025
Date: 2025-07-03T18:03:18.000Z
Title: Spain v Portugal line-ups
Content: Spain: Nanclares, Batlle, Mendez, Aleixandri, Carmona, Lopez, Guijarro, Putellas, Caldentey, Gonzalez, Pina.
Subs: Sullastres, Coll, Fernandez, Bonmati, del Castillo, Ouahabi, Martin-Prieto, Garcia, Paralluelo, Redondo, Zubieta.
Portugal: Pereira, Gomes, Costa, Fatima Pinto, Fonseca, Jacinto, Norton, Tatiana Pinto, Amado, Diana Silva, Jessica Silva.
Subs: Morais, Cota-Yarde, Alves, Seica, Marchao, Nazareth, Borges, Dolores Silva, Faria, Correira, Capeta, Encarnacao.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-03T18:01:28.000Z
Title: Elsewhere in Group B:
Content: Arianna Caruso scored the only goal of the game as Italy beat Belgium at the Stade de Tourbillon in Sion in today's early kick-off. The Bayern Munich midfielder's curled effort from distance in the first half was enough to send Italy top of the group after one game and leave Belgium in trouble already in what is expected to be a three-way battle for second place behind Spain.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-03T17:55:20.000Z
Title: Early team news:
Content: Spain's two-time Ballon D'Or winner Aitana Bonmati rejoined her teammates after being released from hospital after receiving treatment for viral meningitis and while she is harbouring hopes of playing in this tournament, her health must come first and it seems unlikely but not out of the question that she will feature tonight.
'With Aitana back, the entire group is now at their base camp in Lausanne, ready to take on the European dream,' said the Spanish Football Federation following her release from hospital. In her absence this evening, Vicky Lopez is expected to start in midfield alongside Alexia Putellas and Patri Guijarro. Spain are without Real Madrid midfielder Tere Abelleira and Arsenal defender Laia Codina, who are absent from this tournament through injury, while veterans Jenni Hermoso and Ivana Andrés were not picked for the squad.
Carolina Mendes will be a conspicuous abentee for Portugal, having been ruled out of the tournament through injury. Barcelona midfielder Kika Nazareth has been included in Portugal's squad despite only returning to training last month after being sidelined with an ankle injury since March. There are also concerns over the fitness of Benfica left-back Lúcia Alves and Gotham winger Jéssica Silva. Everton goalkeeper Ines Pereira is the sole WSL representative in the Portugal squad.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-03T17:54:59.000Z
Title: Group B: Spain v Portugal
Content: On a desperately sad and traumatic day for Portuguese football, when the heartbreaking news of the death of Diogo Jota alongside his younger brother Andre Felipe in a road traffic accident was announced, it is difficult to imagine what must be going through the minds of the players representing the nation's women's team as they prepare to face Spain in Bern tonight.
A universally popular and admired player renowned for his humility and sunny disposition, Jota's passing has prompted an understandable outpouring of shock and sadness throughout and beyond the football family and the players of Spain will also be struggling to process their sadness at this tragedy of a son, a young father, a brother, a new husband and a very fine footballer lost. The weather forecast in Switzerland's capital city tonight is for bright sunshine but it is a certainty that this match will be played under a very dark cloud.
There will, of course, be a tribute to Jota and his brother ahead of tonight's match. 'Uefa announces that a moment of silence will be observed at all of today's and tomorrow's Women's Euro 2025 matches in memory of Portugal international and Liverpool FC forward Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva who tragically passed away today,' said European football's governing body earlier today.
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